Bug 1721805 (CVE-2019-11702)

Summary: CVE-2019-11702 Mozilla: IE protocols can be used to open known local files
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Doran Moppert 2019-06-19 05:46:47 UTC 
A hyperlink using protocols associated with Internet Explorer, such as `IE.HTTP:`, can be used to open local files at a known location with Internet Explorer if a user approves execution when prompted. 

*Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-16/#CVE-2019-11702
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2019-06-19 05:46:49 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: James Lee
Comment 2 Doran Moppert 2019-06-19 05:48:19 UTC 
Statement:

This vulnerability only affects versions of Firefox on the Windows operating system.  Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected.
Comment 3 Kazu Yoshida 2019-06-19 05:56:05 UTC 
Hi Doran,

Thank you so much for kindly creating this BZ to confirm it does not affect RHEL Firefox.

Thanks 
Kazu